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Instruction Manual

The terminals themselves are designed to allow the use of very heavy
speaker wire or connectors. Be sure to tighten them securely, but don’t
over-tighten them.

WARNING:

To prevent risk of electrical shock or damage to your

equipment, always switch off the amplifi er or receiver when making
any system connections.

You can connect your speakers by using a variety of audio connectors such
as banana plugs (single or double), pin connectors, spade lugs, etc., or you
can:

Remove .5" of insulation from each wire end.

Twist the stranded wire together, keeping the two ends

separate.

Place the appropriate wire through the appropriate

postholes in the connectors. These holes are revealed when

you loosen the connector’s capscrew.

Screw down the capscrew tightly, but be careful not to over

tighten it.

Check the tightness of the capscrews 24 hours after hookup

and occasionally after that, as they can loosen over time.

We recommend that you check your local electrical codes to make sure that
you are not using improper connectors.
It’s important to observe polarity while making speaker connections: red
(+) terminals on the amplifi er to red (+) on the speaker, black (–) on the
amplifi er to black (–) on the speaker. Look carefully at the wires you are
using and note that one of the conductors of each pair will typically be
identifi ed by color, printing on the outer jacket, ridges on the outer jacket,
or a thread intertwined with the wire strands. By convention, the marked
wire is connected to the red (+) terminal.
Whether your are connecting a complete system, or adding a single speaker
component to your present system, the wiring should look like one of the
system wiring diagrams on pages 7 and 8.

WARNING:

Before turning on the amplifi er, be certain that no stray

wire strands are touching across any terminals as this might damage
your amplifi er.

Finally, check the polarity of your front speakers by listening to some ste-
reo music with good bass content. If the sound seems “hollow”, unusually
spread out, or seem to have weak mid-bass, recheck your connections for
proper polarity and correct any out of phase connections, if necessary.

System Setup

Bass Management

Some older surround sound decoders and receivers offer a choice of “Nor-
mal” or “Wide-band” modes for the center channel speaker. The Model 8200
C is designed to be used in the Normal mode. Additionally, digital processing
multi-channel systems provide a Bass Management menu, which typically

requires you to select between “Small” or “Large” speakers during system
set-up. Since these systems have been designed to work with a dedicated
subwoofer, please set all the speakers in Systems 6200 and 8200 to Small.

Operation of the Rear Panel Controls

on the LCR Speakers

High Frequency Energy

This control

changes the tilt or roll-off slope of the
tweeter. It has been designed to help com-
pensate for different room acoustics. The
THX/ Average position is intended for
rooms with a reasonable combination of
refl ective (hard) and absorptive (soft) sur-

faces. The Reverberant position is designed for rooms with an abundance
of refl ective surfaces like hardwood or tile fl oors, glass walls, etc. It decreases
the high frequency output of the speaker to reduce excess HF energy that
builds up in live rooms. The Damped position brings the tweeter’s output
slightly above fl at response to compensate for overly absorbent rooms with
lots of soft surfaces. Speakers in overly damped rooms can sound dead and
lifeless unless compensated.

Location

This control “shelves up” the

upper midrange and high frequency
energy from the speaker in the position
marked Behind Screen. This is to com-
pensate for the reduction of these frequen-
cies when they are partially blocked by the
materials in front of them if the speakers

are located behind a perforated video screen or curtains. Of course, if you
choose to place the speakers behind curtains it is important to choose a
material that is as acoustically transparent as possible. Looking through
the material into the light can give you some indication of the material’s
transparency in this regard. The more light and detail you can see, the bet-
ter it will be acoustically.

Boundary Compensation

Use this switch

to adjust the lower midrange output of the
speaker to compensate for the typical
sound colorations caused by placing the
speaker close to a TV screen or building it
into a wall unit or cabinet.

To set these controls, sit in the prime listening position and have someone
switch between the compensation choices, using well recorded dialogue or
musical instrument recordings. Choose whichever switch position sounds
most natural and real to you.

NOTE:

Although these controls have been designed to compen-

sate for various acoustic room anomalies, we recommend that you
try them to hear the difference that they make in the sound of the
system. For any number of reasons, you may decide that you prefer
them set in a particular manner inconsistent with your room’s acous-
tics, but sounds best to you. Experiment. It will be worth it.

HF ENERGY

– REVERBERANT

+ DAMPED ROOM

0 THX / AVERAGE

LOCATION

BEHIND SCREEN

THX / NORMAL

BOUNDARY

COMPENSATION

THX / NORMAL

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HF ENERGY